Review of Dobrudja Hotel 3*

Was this hotel in the first half of September 2009. I shall start with the negative. 1. The rooms are without air conditioning! More precisely, almost there. If scrupulously to count the ten rooms with air conditioning and hear them visible blocks conditioners, located on the exterior walls of the building. But what makes this a dozen on the background of almost three hundred rooms in the hotel! Fairy-tales about «taps» believe it not, the construction project of the hotel is very old and «Soviet», and reconstruction in Dobrogea was not. Well, I was there in September, and not in July. In July without air conditioning to be there I can't imagine. 2. At the reception systematically RUDE and DECEIVING. 3. In the evenings impossible to sleep, because when the hotel features an outdoor restaurant with a VERY loud live music, which sounds to 23.30 (I засекал). 't help tightly closed Windows, because they are very плохенькие. Especially strongly annoys music guests a «cool» rooms with balcony and sea view. Rooms without a balcony, located in the rear of the building, without sea view — softly. 4. The rooms are VERY, VERY old and filthy. The rooms were small, especially those without balcony, such't even have built-in wardrobe in the corridor here wardrobe standing right in the room. Furniture is falling apart. Windows do not close, when heavy rain through the window, the water flows on the windowsill. Plumbing nearly all rooms with defects, particularly toilets (2 out of the three I've ever seen it not work or flowed). I declare this with full responsibility, because «lived» in three rooms of this hotel. No rooms have safes, safety Deposit box can be rented at the reception, 2 weeks price 29 leva (about 15 Euro). I will describe my check in to this hotel. I want to note that the room I reserved with balcony (sea view), than in the voucher black and white. So, after filling out a standard questionnaire get on reception, key and. I am your things in the room, because specially trained for such cases porters are absent. I entered the room, and see. The absence of the balcony, and accordingly — sea view. Go to the front Desk and say politely: «You probably made a mistake, gave me the wrong room, check out my voucher, the room with balcony. On that without any apology get: «we have a few rooms with balcony. After which the worker was switches with me his attention. Had to pay attention to my problem, and he received the answer: «when will this room, we переселим». What can you do, I thought. There are lining. Then I was convinced that I was DECEIVED, saying that there are no rooms. Rooms were, but they had to for tourists coming from the street and brought the money, and not voucher. In addition, room with balcony is more expensive than without balcony. Now, go back in the room and begin to lay out things. Принюхиваюсь and smell. The Search for the source of the smell led me to the toilet in the bathroom, carefully closed the lid. I lift the toilet seat and I see the source of the smell. This is called human feces (stool). On the machine trying to fix the situation — drain and rinse with other people's excrements. As it is not so! The toilet is not working. Not a drop of water in it. That means this situation? Apparently, it was like this: someone (manufacturer of faeces) settled at a few before me. Coming in the room, the first thing he (or she) decided to go «in the large», that is quite successfully implemented. Then, realizing that the toilet is not working, left the room, probably having another. Further by the reception staff, KNOWING that the room is not ready to receive the visitor, and probably and knowing about the faeces in the toilet, give me this number. As this action by workers at is called? This is called RUDENESS. Next, I rushed again at the Desk and made a request to replace me the number. I LIED to that other. LIED to, for some time, I spent cursing our reception, a free room appeared. So, the other room I was given again without balcony, but with a working toilet and I was glad. Of the oddities in the second room I noticed that one of the towels was not in the bathroom, and was thrown at the window on the window-sill, and the wet and dirty. Then I realized that it was for the collection of rain water, which flows through the window. For hotel Dobrudja is — a trifle. In this room I met one night. The next morning I met with the representative of the tour operator, complained to him, and I immediately found a room with a balcony. This was already the third my room at this hotel. Honestly, I later regretted the fact that moved from the second number in the third, for a room with a balcony (sea view) was in the evenings much more noisy and I could not fall asleep before the end of the restaurant with live music, till 23.30. But pride is not possible to ask back. Yes and beach facilities in the room without balcony to dry place. And here was some самопальная rope on the balcony, where I using its own clothespins quite well dried melting and towels. Again, in the evenings to sit on the balcony and enjoy the sea nice, agree. About sea view. With 6-7 and lower floors of the sea is bad. What, hotel Dobrudja is no good? No, why is there. There is a large 25-metre indoor swimming pool with heated chlorinated water. The only pity is that it closes early. There are inexpensive restaurant. This is exactly restaurant has 4 stars, the hotel has 3 stars, what is the relevant plaque at the entrance. Someone in the recall wrote that during Breakfast tight welding, so I did not notice. Lunches and dinners, if they are not included in the voucher can be purchased on site. Dinner will cost 10 levs (about 5 Euro), dinner, 12 leva (about 6 euros). For lunch and dinner, all drinks are extra. Juice (of the package), water is 1-1, 5 leva, wine, raki 3-4 leva. But still dine here by the standards of road Albena profitable. The food is generally good. You can not paying visit the restaurant, explore current diet and only after this decision, to stay and to pay or leave. The restaurant waiters are usually old, fluent in Russian. Here we should note that almost all Bulgarians over the age of 30-40 years speak good Russian. The youth of the Russian language does not know, but they can communicate in English. The most important thing and the only pleasant, for which many come in Albena, is the sea, more precisely the beach. Yes, really, the beach in Albena wonderful! Wide, spacious, comfortable, excellent soft sand. In abundance here showers point, dressing cabins, urns. Beach in the evenings, clean, so he is quite clean, although butts and small debris is present (but the pictures. From the hotel to the sea is about 400 meters on наикратчайшему way. Rent sun beds and a mattress under the umbrella costs 15 BGN per day, so they are almost all empty, and competent vacationers are located on the sand benefit of free space is full. Near beach I bought litter for 6 levs and umbrella (small) 10. Large stands 18 BGN. Tutte, don't need to be ashamed of. Then this umbrella I brought home. The suitcase he not got, but at the airport to him separately pasted the tag, and the excellent flew. From Bulgaria there is a lot of passengers brought umbrellas, can be confused. Seasoned and there are flying with their umbrellas. Plus Albena is that of Russian tourists here, mainly pensioners and mamashki with small children. Youth no, but there is no быдлоты. All the Russians, who met there were quite decent people. Even in Albena good air. About Internet access. Almost every hotel has a room with computers and Internet access. It works all «on the cards». Buy card at the reception. Nice that the cards are universal, i. E. Bought in one hotel in Albena, it works in all the hotels. Working with these computers is unusual, but quite comfortable. The fact is that they are not familiar to users of Windows. All that the user might make is to run a few of the most common programs. Among them word, Excel, Internet Explorer, ICQ, Skype. I successfully used Skype, so calls home to cost me a penny. However, microphones working with them in short supply. But there is always computers running microphones in their Central point where sits their duty geek (hotel on the way to the sea from Dobrudja name I can't remember). More positive in Albena I found. Prices are high in comparison with neighboring places. Boring, not so many young people. Entertainment almost no. There is a promenade-500 metres with all sorts of shops and stalls. There are several restaurants with live music», which is likely to be too noisy guests of the hotels than entertains visitors. There is a disco, but in September, the nation was not (and loud music was). From the music not suffer only a couple of hotels in the most extreme corners of the Bay, Yes some of the hotels of the third line. But the third line is only for the young and vigorous. The third line on the mountain, climb about 200 steps! I think that loud music till 23.30 play a specially to interfere with the client to sleep. Client sleeps, trading is. Travelers purposefully not give sleep to those went shopping, and restaurants. More in the evening to do nothing. Time wasted is lost, hurt. However, somewhere I saw a mention about a «law of Albena about silence», which States that loud music should not be much earlier than 23.30. All hotels of the resort of Albena, and the whole resort complex Albena belong to one company. It is not a secret. Therefore no competition between hotels, hence the lousy service. Moreover, this company uses the brand of «Albena», lifts unreasonably rates, but does not invest enough in the resort complex. Personally, I'm not clear what they think about their future, for normal people, once having been in a mess under the name of «Albena», more never will go there. Well, except that well-off elderly Russians do not speak foreign languages, afraid of Turkey, and decently глуховатые. Scoop, Soviet service! A lot of hype. For example, all taxis have a price fixed price per kilometer of travel, but at this price did not go. Also, as with the private producer in Russia, with these «drivers» it is necessary to bargain and negotiate the price of the trip in advance. And the price of the trip will be more expensive than in Moscow! Even in the region of the bus station there is a supermarket«LIDI» — the largest grocery store in Albena. There I constantly tried to overcharge. That's what in Albena works well and without deception is a bus station. Hence, and regularly scheduled buses and comfortable minibuses type of our buses in Varna (through the village of Kranevo and Golden Sands), Bulgaria, Dobrich, Balchik. Twice a day walking routes, with Cape Kaliakra. Ticket prices are quite moderate. But here is the fly in the ointment has not managed. All routes stop working quite early so go, for example, in the Golden Sands to the disco to hours at 7 p. M. Later only taxis are very expensive. Return whence whatsoever, after 20.00 have the same only by a taxi. To Kranevo and Balchik can be reached on foot along the sea. To Kranevo from the last hotel on the beach of Albena about a kilometre to Balchik on волнолому 5 kilometers. When facing the sea, Kranevo is right, Balchik — left. In Dobrich (Central city area, which includes and Albena) I saw a whole other Bulgarians than on the coast. The people there are very decent, not spoiled by easy money from cheating tourists. Prices for fruits in Dobrich at least 5 times cheaper than in Albena etc. In summary, I can say that such a bad holiday abroad to me I've never happened. After that, the rest had to go and rest truly in Thailand.